This update for liboqs, oqs-provider fixes the following issues:
This update supplies the new FIPS standardized ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SHL-DSA
algorithms.
This update liboqs to 0.12.0:
* This release updates the ML-DSA implementation to the final FIPS 204
version. This release still includes the NIST Round 3 version of Dilithium
for interoperability purposes, but we plan to remove Dilithium Round 3 in a
future release.
* This will be the last release of liboqs to include Kyber (that is, the NIST
Round 3 version of Kyber, prior to its standardization by NIST as ML-KEM in
FIPS 203). Applications should switch to ML-KEM (FIPS 203).
* The addition of ML-DSA FIPS 204 final version to liboqs has introduced a new
signature API which includes a context string parameter. We are planning to
remove the old version of the API without a context string in the next
release to streamline the API and bring it in line with NIST specifications.
Users who have an...
Read the Full Advisory## Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like
YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
* openSUSE Leap 15.6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2025-5=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2025-5=1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP6-2025-5=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* oqs-provider-debuginfo-0.7.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs7-debuginfo-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* oqs-provider-0.7.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs7-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs-devel-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)
* liboqs7-32bit-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs7-32bit-debuginfo-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs-devel-32bit-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)
* liboqs7-64bit-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs-devel-64bit-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs7-64bit-debuginfo-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* Basesystem Module 15-SP6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* oqs-provider-debuginfo-0.7.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs7-debuginfo-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* oqs-provider-0.7.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs7-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* liboqs-devel-0.12.0-150600.3.3.1
* bsc#1226162
* bsc#1226468
* bsc#1234292
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-36405.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-37305.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-54137.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1226162
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1226468
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1234292
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